Biography
Murphy, James Patrick. b. February 9, 1901, San Francisco, California; Single; Radio Engineer; No party affiliation; Received Passport# 204383 on April 3, 1936 which listed his address as 544 East 142nd Street, Bronx, New York and 1323 48th Avenue, San Francisco, California; Sailed January 15, 1938 aboard the Ile de France; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on January 25, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau BN, Co. 4; Rank Soldado; Listed as MIA July 5-September 6, 1938, Ebro Offensive; Returned to the US on January 20, 1939 aboard the Aquitania.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Pay; RGASPI; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Pat Murphy, May 1938. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo11; ALBA Photo number 11-1305. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Pay; RGASPI; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Pat Murphy, May 1938. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo11; ALBA Photo number 11-1305. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.